It all started with this little meme I did asking for AU prompts. Elr prompted me with Neal, Peter and Mozzie go camping. I could not make it work with the adult versions of the characters, so I made them teenagers.
With the age change came a lot of questions about parents, and I looked at what we knew in canon. Mozzie was an orphan, Peter seemed to have a good childhood and relationship with his parents, and Neal had a crazy mess of WitSec and whatnot. So, I decided they should all be in a foster home run by June and Byron (because June would be a fantastic foster mother), and I gave them similar family backgrounds – Mozzie was still an orphan, Peter's parents had died and left him without any other family, and Neal's mother was alive but not able to care for him.
I wanted to also include Diana and Sara, so they became other foster children in the Ellington home. Then, Elizabeth had to be Peter's girlfriend, so I wrote a little ficlet about them. Eventually, I want to introduce Kate as Elizabeth's younger sister, who will date Neal.
The 'verse has been really fun because the characters are actually pretty well-suited to being teenagers – it's like taking their adult personalities and adding a bit of playfulness and some questionable decision-making skills. (Well, that's Neal's basic personality – LOL)
It's been a lot of fun to write. I'm a little torn about where to go with it now. I have an idea that I would love to write, but it's very dark and emotional. I'm not sure how far I can take these characters before they break, and I don't want to break them. They're already pretty damaged. *hugs them close*
Thank you so much for asking! I love the 'verse and the characters. It's one of my favorite things I've written.
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With the age change came a lot of questions about parents, and I looked at what we knew in canon. Mozzie was an orphan, Peter seemed to have a good childhood and relationship with his parents, and Neal had a crazy mess of WitSec and whatnot. So, I decided they should all be in a foster home run by June and Byron (because June would be a fantastic foster mother), and I gave them similar family backgrounds – Mozzie was still an orphan, Peter's parents had died and left him without any other family, and Neal's mother was alive but not able to care for him.
I wanted to also include Diana and Sara, so they became other foster children in the Ellington home. Then, Elizabeth had to be Peter's girlfriend, so I wrote a little ficlet about them. Eventually, I want to introduce Kate as Elizabeth's younger sister, who will date Neal.
The 'verse has been really fun because the characters are actually pretty well-suited to being teenagers – it's like taking their adult personalities and adding a bit of playfulness and some questionable decision-making skills. (Well, that's Neal's basic personality – LOL)
It's been a lot of fun to write. I'm a little torn about where to go with it now. I have an idea that I would love to write, but it's very dark and emotional. I'm not sure how far I can take these characters before they break, and I don't want to break them. They're already pretty damaged. *hugs them close*
Thank you so much for asking! I love the 'verse and the characters. It's one of my favorite things I've written.